"Brogan" Puck called softly to Richard - it is time for you to go."
"But I have only just found him, and pity commands that I must stay."
"No, no it does not. It is indeed just the opposite. They can tend to one another. Who knows? By this companionship a heart may grow? Your pity is not what they need - not now. This will take several thousands of years or more and you are needed elsewhere."
As they walked past the caverns together, Brogan had questions, many questions, for Puck. Why do they all appear liquored? Are they drunk or drugged in the confines down here?
"Evil makes people stupid" Puck casually explained - "when it infiltrates a man the light goes from his eyes and very soon he is made dumb. Nature protects its own you see."
"Do all masters of evil really end up here, caught and without reprieve?"
"Yes, if they are human they do."
"So there is no doubt how it will ever turn out for the cruel and the killers, and the ones living just to suit themselves?"
"No, no doubt at all."
"You know I thought there might be more of a dramatic ending to it all...”
"I know ... but it is the proper ending nonetheless."
-Gabriel Brunsdon, Puck in Hell, Azlander Series
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